Are snoring medical students at risk of failing their exams?

Sleep

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 205-209

  Ficker, Joachim H ^a   Wiest, Gunther H ^a   Lehnert, Guido ^a   Meyer, Martin ^a   Hahn, Eckhart G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Daytime performance; Sleepiness; Snoring; Upper airway resistance syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DOSE RESPONSE; EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SNORING; SOMNOLENCE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0033559488     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/22.2.205     Document Type: Article

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